LOUISVILLE, Ky. — New Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, of Boulder County, espoused a limited role for the judiciary in a speech Thursday in the hometown of the powerful Kentucky lawmaker who championed his confirmation.

Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, asked about 200 people gathered inside Boulder's Mountain Calvary Lutheran Church on Tuesday night if it was their first time attending such a meeting.

In the wake of the recent massacre at a high school in Parkland, Fla., Boulder will consider banning assault rifles, high-capacity magazines and bump stocks. At tonight's council meeting, the nine members will consider instructing city staff to prepare options to move forward with such a ban.